At least two countries have booked their places in the quarter-finals of the ongoing African Nations Championship, CHAN, tournament. The two countries are Kenya and Tanzania. Kenya qualified for the last-8 with a game to spare in Group A after DR Congo defeated Angola 2-0 on Thursday. The result means the Harambee Stars sit on…
Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher has predicted that Chelsea will not make it out of the league group phase of the UEFA Champions League this season. Carragher recently spoke on The Overlap podcast with his co-hosts, where they were asked to make predictions for the 2025-26 season. The Englishman predicted that the Premier League west London…
English Women’s Super League club, Brighton & Hove Albion have officially welcomed Chiamaka Nnadozie to their squad. Nnadozie joined the Seagulls on a free transfer in July after ending her stay with French Feminine outfit, Paris FC. The 24-year-old’s arrival was, however, delayed by her involvement with Nigeria at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of…
Bayelsa Queens have been drawn in Group B of the WAFU B Women’s Champions League. The Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, champions will face Ghana’s Police Ladies, Togo’s ASKO, and Sam Nelly of Benin Republic. Bayelsa Queens will be making their second appearance at the competition. The Prosperity Girls won the title on their maiden…
Former Manchester United defender, Wes Brown, has added his voice to one of football’s most debated topics – whether Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi could play together in the same team. Ronaldo and Messi are still very much in the game, playing for Saudi Pro League, SPL, and Major League Soccer, MLS, sides. While Messi…
Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen has returned to full training with Galatasaray, as he hopes to make his much-awaited second debut against Fatih Karagümrük S.K. on Friday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen rejoined the club permanently in a high-profile €75m deal from Napoli, after enjoying a successful loan spell at the club last season. After ending the…
Paris Saint-Germain will be hoping a severely curtailed summer break does not come back to bite them as the Ligue 1 season begins this weekend, headlined by the newly-crowned European champions and featuring the return to France of Paul Pogba. It is just the second time that the French top flight has boasted the Champions…
Nigeria opened their Davis Cup Africa Group III qualifying campaign in Harare, Zimbabwe, on a winning note, rallying from behind to edge Algeria 2-1 in their first match of the tournament on Wednesday. The Nigerian side did not begin well, as Michael Emmanuel lost the first singles rubber 6-1, 6-0 against Algeria’s Toufik Sahtali as…
Super Falcons captain and forward, Rasheedat Ajibade, has expressed frustration over the delay in the payment of promised allowances and bonuses to the team. She made this known during an appearance on the forthcoming episode of ‘With Chude’ hosted by popular on-air personality, Chude Jideonwo. Ajibade said the players had yet to receive the pledged…
Jose Mourinho and his Fenerbahce side have qualified for the Champions League qualifying playoffs, after overturning a two-goal deficit against Robin van Persie-coached Feyenoord on Tuesday. The Turkish giants were beaten 2-1 in the Netherlands last week. In the second leg of the third qualifying round clash, they conceded again after Tsuyoshi Watanabe opened the…
